Hrm, I searched and didn't find a dupe. I guess I just didn't know what to search for. Anyways, maybe this deserves a revisit?
– John GietzenFeb 8 '10 at 17:01

If this was a matter of posting a short unhelpful answer just to get a slot in the upper region of the answers, then this still deserves the downvote, if you'd ask me...
– ArjanFeb 8 '10 at 17:27

don't worry, I made the same mistake (meta.stackexchange.com/questions/26254/…) That's how I spotted the dupe. The automatic "related questions" search is optimized for SO, it doesn't work quite so well on meta.
– Perpetual Motion GoatFeb 8 '10 at 18:24

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This has been reported before, and Jeff tagged it as status-bydesign. This is unfortunate because it is awkward for whoever posted the erroneous answer. Do you fix it quickly (meaning the downvoter cannot cancel their vote) or leave it for 5 minutes (attracting more downvotes?)